No matter how hard you try, implementation of a plan is NOT linear.
I no sooner got started on the project when things changed. I had all the steps of the project in my head or written down. Then as with many projects I had to change my focus.
Getting this workshop built felt a little like that MASH episode where Hawkeye and Trapper are following bomb diffusing instructions but the steps are out of order.
I no sooner got started when the excavator called me to verify the site prep plan. After that visit, I was on their ‘schedule’. Of course they couldn’t commit to a day and time but never the less, there were now things that need to be moved up on the list-namely moving the shed and breaking up the entrance pad in front of the shed.
The shed weighed way to much for my little tractor to lift so I had to come up with another idea. Wait, I’ve got a truck load of poles. They are round. Why not be like the Egyptians moving the heavy pyramid blocks? I’d lay down a bunch of poles under the shed and just push it out of the way. Uphill. With a 20 horse lawn tractor. Clearly I had details to work out but the idea was sound!
I finally got the shed high enough to roll four poles underneath and then set it back down. It was ready. I moved my tractor into position, throttled up, and pushed hard against the shed. No good. No movement. The tractor was whining way too loud so I shut it down. It wasn’t going to budge. I had to come up with something.
Later that afternoon, my neighbor stopped by to check on my progress-or lack of. I gave him a tour of my great idea. We talked about using my Ranger pickup to move it but then he had an idea. He has a tractor identical to mine. He thought if we used both, we might be able to nudge it along.
We revved up both tractors, put them in low gear and gently pushed. It worked!!
That’s where the shed would have to stay until the next phase. But first, there was another issue that needed to be dealt with. Hint: In the picture, I’m standing on it.